v0.6.0 (#10)

* remove gnarkd section

* updated groth16 benchmarks with gnark v0.5.0 numbers

* Added redirect.

Signed-off-by: bgravenorst <byron.gravenorst@consensys.net>

* updating submodule to latest

* docs: cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem to api frontend.API

* docs: reflect Assert changes in debug_test.md

* docs: added Hints documentation

* update submodule

remove failing minify module

* docs: remove curveID from Define

* docs: minor clean up

* fix vale error

* fix markdownlint errors

* fix markdownlint errors

Co-authored-by: bgravenorst <byron.gravenorst@consensys.net>
Co-authored-by: Nicolas MASSART <nicolas.massart@consensys.net>

Author: 3 people

docs/Concepts/schemes_curves.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: Proving schemes and curves
 
 `gnark` supports two proving schemes [Groth16](https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/260.pdf) and
 [PlonK](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/953.pdf). These schemes can be instantiated with any of the
-following four elliptic curves: *BN254*, *BLS12-381*, *BLS12-377* or *BW6-761*.
+following elliptic curves: *BN254*, *BLS12-381*, *BLS12-377*, *BLS24-315*, *BW6-633* or *BW6-761*.
 
 An ID is supplied to `gnark` to choose the proving scheme and the instantiating curve.
 

docs/HowTo/debug_test.md

@@ -20,46 +20,44 @@ witness.
     the solver couldn't perform an operation needed to verify a constraint.
     For example, a division by 0.
 
+!!! tip
+    You can run the program with `-tags=debug` to display a more verbose stack trace.
+
 ### Print values
 
-The easiest way to debug a circuit is to use `cs.Println()`, which behaves like `fmt.Println`, except
+The easiest way to debug a circuit is to use `api.Println()`, which behaves like `fmt.Println`, except
 it outputs the values when they are solved. For example:
 
 ```go
-cs.Println("A.X", pubKey.A.X)
+api.Println("A.X", pubKey.A.X)
 ```
 
 !!! note
-    With solving errors and `cs.Println`, `gnark` outputs a stack trace which contain the exact line number to refer to in the circuit definition.
+    With solving errors and `api.Println`, `gnark` outputs a stack trace which contain the exact line number to refer to in the circuit definition.
 
 ## Test
 
 You can implement tests as Go unit tests, in a `_test.go` file. For example:
 
 ```go
 // assert object wrapping testing.T
-assert := groth16.NewAssert(t)
+assert := test.NewAssert(t)
 
 // declare the circuit
-var mimcCircuit Circuit
-
-// compile the circuit into a R1CS
-r1cs, err := frontend.Compile(ecc.BN254, backend.GROTH16, &mimcCircuit)
-assert.NoError(err)
-
-{
-    // assign invalid values to a witness, ensure the proof fails
-    var witness Circuit
-    witness.Hash.Assign(42)
-    witness.PreImage.Assign(42)
-    assert.ProverFailed(r1cs, &witness)
-}
-
-{
-    // assign valid values to a witness, ensure the proof is valid
-    var witness Circuit
-    witness.PreImage.Assign(35)
-    witness.Hash.Assign("16130099170765464552823636852555369511329944820189892919423002775646948828469")
-    assert.ProverSucceeded(r1cs, &witness)
-}
+var cubicCircuit Circuit
+
+assert.ProverFailed(&cubicCircuit, &Circuit{
+    PreImage:   frontend.Value(42),
+    Hash:       frontend.Value(42),
+})
+
+assert.ProverSucceeded(&cubicCircuit, &Circuit{
+    PreImage:   frontend.Value(35),
+    Hash:       frontend.Value("16130099170765464552823636852555369511329944820189892919423002775646948828469"),
+}, test.WithCurves(ecc.BN254))
+
 ```
+
+See the [test package documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/consensys/gnark/test@v0.5.2) for more details.
+
+In particular, the default behavior of the assert helper is to test the circuit across all supported curves and backends, ensure correct serialization, and cross-test the constraint system solver against a `big.Int` test execution engine.

docs/HowTo/write/circuit_api.md

@@ -7,20 +7,17 @@ description: How to write a gnark circuit
 As described in [Circuit structure](circuit_structure.md), `MyCircuit` implements:
 
 ```go
-func Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error
+func Define(api frontend.API) error
 ```
 
-* `curveID` is injected at compile time to handle different code paths depending on the curve
-    (for example, hash functions like MiMC have variations depending on the `curveID`)
+* `api` is the root object to manipulate when defining constraints.
 
-* `cs` is the root object to manipulate when defining constraints.
-
-Use `x² := cs.Mul(x, x)` to write $x \times x$. For example, to prove that we know the solution to
+Use `x² := api.Mul(x, x)` to write $x \times x$. For example, to prove that we know the solution to
 the cubic equation $x^3 + x + 5 = y$, write:
 
 ```go
-x3 := cs.Mul(circuit.X, circuit.X, circuit.X)
-cs.AssertIsEqual(circuit.Y, cs.Add(x3, circuit.X, 5))
+x3 := api.Mul(circuit.X, circuit.X, circuit.X)
+api.AssertIsEqual(circuit.Y, api.Add(x3, circuit.X, 5))
 ```
 
 !!! info
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ cs.AssertIsEqual(circuit.Y, cs.Add(x3, circuit.X, 5))
     This allows flexibility on the circuit definition side when coding, for example:
 
     ```go
-    cs.Mul(X, 2, cs.Add(Y, Z, 42))
+    api.Mul(X, 2, api.Add(Y, Z, 42))
     ```
 
     Constants bigger than base field modulus will be reduced $\mod n$.

docs/HowTo/write/circuit_structure.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A `gnark` circuit must implement the `frontend/Circuit` interface:
 ```go
 type Circuit interface {
     // Define declares the circuit's Constraints
-    Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error
+    Define(api frontend.API) error
 }
 ```
 
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ type myComponent struct {
     X frontend.Variable
 }
 
-func (circuit *MyCircuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
+func (circuit *MyCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
     // ... see Cicuit API section
 }
 ```
 
 At compile time, `frontend.Compile(...)` recursively parses the struct fields that contains
-`frontend.Variable` to build the `frontend.ConstraintSystem`.
+`frontend.Variable` to build the `frontend.constraintSystem`.
 
 By default, a `frontend.Variable` has the `gnark:",secret"` visibility.
 

docs/HowTo/write/instructions.md

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Use standard `for` loops inside a circuit definition.
 !!! example "check that `X*X*X*X*X... == Y`"
 
     ```go
-    func (circuit *Circuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
+    func (circuit *Circuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
         for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-            circuit.X = cs.Mul(circuit.X, circuit.X)
+            circuit.X = api.Mul(circuit.X, circuit.X)
         }
-        cs.AssertIsEqual(circuit.X, circuit.Y)
+        api.AssertIsEqual(circuit.X, circuit.Y)
         return nil
     }
     ```
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ this doesn't translate well in a *declarative* API to define the circuit, becaus
 of the `frontend.Compile` method is an arithmetic representation that must encode the various
 branches.
 
-`gnark` offers `cs.Select(...)` API, which is similar to Prolog-like languages.
+`gnark` offers `api.Select(...)` API, which is similar to Prolog-like languages.
 
 ```go
 // Select if b is true, yields i1 else yields i2

docs/HowTo/write/standard_library.md

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ We provide the following functions in `gnark/std`:
 === "MiMC hash"
 
     ```go
-    func (circuit *mimcCircuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
+    func (circuit *mimcCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
         // ...
-        hFunc, _ := mimc.NewMiMC("seed", curveID)
+        hFunc, _ := mimc.NewMiMC("seed", api.Curve())
         computedHash := hFunc.Hash(cs, circuit.Data)
         // ...
     }
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ We provide the following functions in `gnark/std`:
         Message   frontend.Variable         `gnark:",public"`
     }
 
-    func (circuit *eddsaCircuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
-        edCurve, _ := twistededwards.NewEdCurve(curveID)
+    func (circuit *eddsaCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
+        edCurve, _ := twistededwards.NewEdCurve(api.Curve())
         circuit.PublicKey.Curve = edCurve
 
         eddsa.Verify(cs, circuit.Signature, circuit.Message, circuit.PublicKey)
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ We provide the following functions in `gnark/std`:
         Path, Helper []frontend.Variable
     }
 
-    func (circuit *merkleCircuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
-        hFunc, _ := mimc.NewMiMC("seed", curveID)
+    func (circuit *merkleCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
+        hFunc, _ := mimc.NewMiMC("seed", api.Curve())
         merkle.VerifyProof(cs, hFunc, circuit.RootHash, circuit.Path, circuit.Helper)
         return nil
     }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ We provide the following functions in `gnark/std`:
         Hash       frontend.Variable
     }
 
-    func (circuit *verifierCircuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
+    func (circuit *verifierCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
         // pairing data
         var pairingInfo sw.PairingContext
         pairingInfo.Extension = fields.GetBLS377ExtensionFp12(cs)

docs/Tutorials/eddsa.md

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ It also needs a `frontend.ConstraintSystem` object, on which the functions from
 [gnark API](../HowTo/write/circuit_api.md) are called.
 
 ```go
-func Verify(cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem, sig Signature, msg frontend.Variable, pubKey PublicKey) error {
+func Verify(api frontend.API, sig Signature, msg frontend.Variable, pubKey PublicKey) error {
     // ...
 }
 ```
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ import (
     "github.com/consensys/gnark/std/hash/mimc"
 )
 
-func Verify(cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem, sig Signature, msg frontend.Variable, pubKey PublicKey) error {
+func Verify(api frontend.API, sig Signature, msg frontend.Variable, pubKey PublicKey) error {
 
     // compute H(R, A, M)
     data := []frontend.Variable{
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ Next, continue the implementation with the computation of the right-hand side:
 
 !!! tip "Debugging"
 
-    You can print values using `cs.Println` that behaves like `fmt.Println`,
+    You can print values using `api.Println` that behaves like `fmt.Println`,
     except it will output the values at proving time (when they are solved).
 
     ```go
-    cs.Println("A.X", pubKey.A.X)
+    api.Println("A.X", pubKey.A.X)
     ```
 
 Until now, you have only used objects which are defined in the `gnark` standard library, for example,
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ Use the gnark API, to assert that the left-hand side is equal to the right-hand
 
 ```go
     // ensures that lhs==rhs
-    cs.AssertIsEqual(lhs.X, rhs.X)
-    cs.AssertIsEqual(lhs.Y, rhs.Y)
+    api.AssertIsEqual(lhs.X, rhs.X)
+    api.AssertIsEqual(lhs.Y, rhs.Y)
 ```
 
 !!! info
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ import (
     "github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc"
 )
 
-func (circuit *eddsaCircuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
+func (circuit *eddsaCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
 
-    params, err := twistededwards.NewEdCurve(curveID)
+    params, err := twistededwards.NewEdCurve(api.Curve())
     if err != nil {
         return err
     }
@@ -419,5 +419,5 @@ Last step is to generate the proof and verify it.
     ```go
     assert := groth16.NewAssert(t)
     var witness Circuit
-    assert.ProverFailed(r1cs, &witness) // .ProverSucceeded
+    assert.ProverFailed(&circuit, &witness) // .ProverSucceeded
     ```

docs/index.md

@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ easily added.
         }
 
         // Define declares the circuit's constraints
-        func (circuit *Circuit) Define(curveID ecc.ID, cs *frontend.ConstraintSystem) error {
+        func (circuit *Circuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
             // hash function
-            mimc, err := mimc.NewMiMC("seed", curveID)
+            mimc, err := mimc.NewMiMC("seed", api.Curve())
 
             // specify constraints
             // mimc(preImage) == hash
-            cs.AssertIsEqual(circuit.Hash, mimc.Hash(cs, circuit.PreImage))
+            api.AssertIsEqual(circuit.Hash, mimc.Hash(cs, circuit.PreImage))
 
             return nil
         }

mkdocs.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ copyright: gnark and its documentation are licensed under Apache 2.0 license
 #extra project info and template customisation
 extra:
   content_vars:
-    gnark_version: "v0.4.0" # this is used in external URL (godoc, ...)
+    gnark_version: "v0.6.0" # this is used in external URL (godoc, ...)
   logo_is_text: true
   latest_version_warning:
     url_contains: /latest/